Abbey Ridge Auto-Pilot

Revision history after V1.90 is given below.

2016-08-28 - V1.91

• fix bug where PinPoint catalog path was not loaded properly from ini configuration file.

2016-08-28 - V1.92

• added ARAP commands and variables so that ARAP can connect to itself.

2016-09-23 - V1.93

• cloud sensor SKYSTATE is set to 'WET' if sensor reports being wet.

2016-09-26 - V1.94

• the 'wait' command now supports time delays of fractional seconds.
• added the calcheliocentricjuliandate command and HJD variable.
• added the calcphase command and the PHASE and INPHASE variables.

2016-10-01 - V1.95

• the splitfields command now handles non-breaking spaces as a delimiter if the delimiter is a normal space character.

2016-10-02 - V1.97

• add the appendfiles command.

2016-10-10 - V1.98

• added the offsetradec command.

2016-11-26 - V2.03

• added image support for tweet command.
• added the httpgetfile command.

2016-12-18 - V2.04

• added the getpagemessages, pagemessage, and pageimageurl commands.

2016-12-27 - V2.05

• added new ECU commands: appendneworbits, loadorbits, saveorbits, and clearorbits commands.

2016-12-28 - V2.06

• increase orbits to 25,000.
• improve orbit searching in findorbit.
• add ORBITNUMBER variable.

2017-01-10 - V2.07

• added the getpages, getpagealbums, pagepost, and pageimage commands.

2017-01-18 - V2.08

• added the setoffsettrackingrates command.

2017-01-28 - V2.09

• added the FOCUSERTEMPCOMP variable.

2017-02-03 - V2.10

• added fftfilter and fftfilterfile commands and added the FFTFILTERTYPE, FFTFILTERCUTOFF, and FFTFILTERWEIGHT variables
• added the FFT filter option to combinefiles command.
• getstarfwhm (renamed to getstarinfo) can now measure flatness and sky background. The measured values can also be saved to header keys. New variables added: STARBACKGROUND and STARFLATNESS.
• added removegradient and flattenbackground commands.
• added flip, mirror, rotate, resize, and crop commands.
• added settable maximum image size configuration setting.
• added option for combinefiles to read the list of input images from a text file and it now does image grading and can selectively omit sub-frames from the combined image.
• added combinecolour and colourbalance commands.

2017-02-08 - V2.11

• improved the resize command.

2017-02-18 - V2.12

• remove commands fftfilterfile, kernelfilterfile, calibratefile (for consistency)
• bug fixes
• added coloursaturation, stretch, and croppercent commands

2017-03-02 - V2.13

• add image scaling in convertfitstojpeg

2017-04-23 - V2.14

• added CLOUDSENSORIGNOREWETNESS variable

2017-04-23 - V2.15

• increase database tables to 10

2017-04-26 - V2.17

• add 'eq' string comparison operator

2017-06-29 - V2.20

• add getcomports and COMPORTS variable

2017-07-06 - V2.21

• add alignxy command
• syntax updated for stretch command
• saveimagefile can now save images in 8, 16, 32 bit integer and 32 bit float format

2017-09-11 - V2.22-V2.24

• better error handling in CCD imaging
• fatal errors now report the script line number that they occur on.

2017-10-01 - V2.25-V2.28

• various bug fixes and other minor changes

2017-10-03 - V2.29

• add guide, getguiding and setguidingrates command and the GUIDING variable

2017-11-03 - V2.32

• add logon and logoff commands

2017-11-06 - V2.33

• add PARENTSCRIPTNAME variable

2017-11-06 - V2.36

• update radecseparaton and azaltseparation for new POSITIONANGLE variable
• added findimagestars
• added "filterindex" option to autofocus
• added offsetradecangle command

2017-11-06 - V2.37

• added abs

2018-02-07 - V2.38 and V2.39

• fixed divide by zero error in intensitytomagnitude
• increased the tweet size to 280 characters
• added getwebcommands, sendwebreply, deletewebid, deleteallwebreplies, and setwebclientbusy

2018-02-24 - V2.40

• added directory search in findfile
• added locase

2018-04-02 - V2.42

• added squareroot

2018-07-02 - V2.48

• add ASCOM switch commands

2018-09-12 - V2.50

• add return of object name in variable ECUPRIMARYNAME in ecu search.
• added CCDTIMEOUT variable

2018-09-22 - V2.51

• add stripstring command

2018-10-05 - V2.53

• add convertdatetime command
• add DATETIME variable

2018-10-05 - V2.55

• add NOTEQ operator
• increase sendwebreply message limit to 16k characters

2018-11-15 - V2.56

• add "count" parameter to getwebcommands

2018-11-25 - V2.58

• add setwebclientbusyreason

2018-11-25 - V2.61

• add replacestring
• add arap getlog

2019-03-11 - V2.62

• rename getpagemessages to getwebhookmessages (add updates for Text Magic messages)

2019-03-18 - V2.63

• add unzip

2019-05-01 - V2.64

• add getfileextension

2019-06-26 - V2.66

• EXITCODE variable is now returned to Windows on program exit

2019-07-08 - V2.67

• add media support for tweetprivate

2019-07-10 - V2.68

• add setcloudsensordata
• add CLOUDYTHRESHOLD and VERYCLOUDYTHRESHOLD variables

2019-07-12 - V2.69

• add "messagetag" option to pagemessage and pageimageurl

2019-10-28 - V2.72

• add trimleft and trimright

2019-12-01 - V2.73

• increase orbit eccentricity range check to 5 from 2 (for interstellar orbits)
• improve loadorbits to be more forgiving (it skips bad orbits)

2019-12-04 - V2.74

• add override quieton toolbar button

2019-12-14 - V2.75

• add getfile, parsexmlindex, and parsexmlnodename commands
• add XMLTEXT, XMLNODENAME, XMLVALUE, XMLERROR, and XMLCOUNT variables

2019-12-26 - V2.76

• add validateinteger commands
• add ut parameters to calcjuliandate and calcdatetime commands

2020-02-22 - V2.77

• make combinefiles command more flexible when aligning images

2020-03-07 - V2.78

• a negative image option has been added to convertfitstojpeg

2020-04-06 - V2.80

• add a cloud sensor simulator

2020-04-06 - V2.82

• bug fixes

2020-05-10 - V2.83

• add comport command

2020-06-04 - V2.85

• remove getcomports command (use 'comport getcomports' instead), remove COMPORTS variable
• remove PORTERROR variable
• change implementation of relay, getrelay, setperseus, getperseus, and servo commands to use the Nova Astrononomics COMPort Driver instead of internal COM port routines.

2020-10-06 - V2.86

• add STARBRIGHTESTPIXEL and STARSATURATEDCOUNT variables and set them in getstarinfo

2020-10-08 - V2.87

• add commands: calcfixedrisesettransit, calcmovingrisesettransit
• add HOURS, HOURSHMS, RISETIME, SETTIME, TRANSITTIME, RSTFLAGS

2020-10-13 - V2.88

• add MOONPHASE, PHASENAME, and AGE variable - set by moonradec

2020-10-28 - V2.89

• add solveplateallsky

2020-10-28 - V2.91

• add PPTIMEOUT

2021-02-08 - V 2.91 - 2.96

• bug fixes
• better error handling in dome and telescope functions
• better error handling in database functions
• add settings of all sky domain for solveplateallsky

2021-02-11 - V2.97

• update SSL modes in sending and receiving emails and receiving web files. See email and checkemail

2021-03-14 - V2.98

• add PPMINIMUMIMAGESTARS
• improve plate solves by first ensuring that images have at least PPMINIMUMIMAGESTARS stars before starting the solve and other logic, error reporting, and messaging improvements
• add PPERRORNUMBER and PPERRORMESSAGE

2021-05-06 - V2.99

• added the Tycho-2 catalog to 'find' and a Tycho-2 option for findneareststars and findbrighteststars
• remove the PGC galaxy catalog
• added auto opening and closing of log files at a specified interval of days
• add better error reporting for social media commands by adding SMERRORNUMBER and SMERRORMESSAGE variables

2021-05-20 - V3.00

• added the secureon and secureoff commands and their equivalent automation methods

2021-06-17 - V3.03

• added the saveorbits, clearorbits, searchorbitsbyname, convertmpcorbits, and searchorbitsbyposition commands and the ORBITSFOUND and ORBITSCONVERTED variables.

2021-09-24 - V3.04

• added configurable email connect timeout value

2021-11-08 - V3.05

• added findhome command and HOMED variable
• added Python Language support

2022-01-03 - V3.06

• make improvements to calcdomesyncazimuth
• make improvements to execute

2022-01-03 - V3.07

• add up to four extra script folders